Recent reading (7 links for July 5)

The European Commission launches new startup accelerator network A new initiative from the EU aiming to boost entrepreneurship has been launched: Startup Europe’s Accelerator Assembly. – by Michelle Kuepper
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The Store Is Media And Media Is The Store Retail & media, and how their relationship to one another change. More urgently, why are sales not the best metric for the success of a retail space anymore? – by Doug Stephens
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Germans Loved Obama. Now We Don’t Trust Him. Great article on how the recent US & UK surveillance news are perceived in Germany. – by Malte Spitz
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Clef launches offering a viable replacement to passwords Not sure if this is the way forward, but it looks like a solid, new approach to more security by abandoning traditional passwords. – by cale guthrie weissman
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An Introduction to Infrastructure Fiction Top notch piece published by Superflux.
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